Pongal is a very healthy and traditional south indian receipe. It is a actually a rice porridge dish. Pongal can be sweet pongal(sakarai pongal) and spicy pongal (ven pongal). Pongal is unique to Tamil cuisine. You can have it for breakfast.

Preparation Time : 10 minCooking Time : 20 minServes : 2

Main Ingredients

Ingredients for tempering

Ingredients

Rice : 1 cup

Moong dal : 1/2 cup

Water : 3 cups

Cumin seeds : 1 tsp

Mustard seeds : 1 tsp

Cashew nuts : 10-15

Ginger : 1 inch

Green chillies : 3

Oil : 2 tsp

Curry leaves

Salt as per your taste.

Method

1. Wash rice and dal and cook together in a pressure cooker for 3-4 whistles.